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    By Agnita Boon, on behalf of the Dutch Society for Movement Disorders       This task force on Movement Disorders of the Dutch Association of Neurology was founded in 2006. The board consist of representatives with special… Continue Reading

The revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a highly complicated process handled by experts in statistics at the WHO in Geneva. The influence of Neurological Societies onto the creation of a revision is through the accredited Societies which are for Neurology and Stroke the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and the World Stroke Organisation (WSO). They are working within the Topic Advisory Group Neurology (TAGN) and can only make recommendations to the experts. April 2011 the TAGN advised to shift the section “Cerebrovascular diseases” covering all types of stroke from the “Diseases of the circulatory system” class (as it is in ICD-10) into the “Diseases of the nervous system” class (as it proposed in the draft ICD-11). This corresponds to a change of the statistical and legal placement of stroke from Internal Medicine to Neurology. This was then executed accordingly 5 years ago and stroke went under the neurological diseases (08) in the beta-version of the ICD-11. Neurologists all over the world agreed with this decision.

by Antonella Macerollo & Elena Moro
Dear EAN members, the successful event “Women in Neurology” will be held again this year, for the third time, on  June 25th during the EAN congress in Amsterdam. It will be an informal working… Continue Reading

By Claudia Sommer   Another format of teaching at the EAN congresses are the interactive sessions, which encourage the participant to actively engage, and with immediate feedback to support learning Each course lasts for 90 minutes, and the number of… Continue Reading

David Vodušek (DV): Can you briefly illustrate the structure and mission of the International Neuro-Urology Society (INUS) to the EANpages readers? H. Madersbacher (HM): The International Neuro‐Urology Society (INUS) is a charitable, non‐for‐profit organization with the aim of promoting worldwide the clinical care of patients with neuro‐urological problems by raising awareness for Neuro-Urology and to increase its visibility.

As in the previous year, EANpages asked EAN committee members, panel chairs, and invited speakers  which session one should not miss at the upcoming congress in Amsterdam 2017. Please find their answers below!

Many thanks to everyone who participated in the congress quiz for the
3rd EAN Congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this year! Below you can find the three lucky winners who will receive a free registration to the Amsterdam congress! Ana… Continue Reading

The annual congress is the most important event of our Society. This year European and International Neurologists are invited to attend the third EAN congress in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 24-27. Literally hundreds of EAN-members are involved to in the preparation of this congress. I wanted to explain to our members how the congress programme is developed. In its third year of existence of the Society, some of the preparation has come to routine but most of the tasks are highly challenging year after year as one of the aims of the Society is to have new innovations every year.

by Catharina G. Faber Neuromuscular Centre the Netherlands The field of neuromuscular diseases in the Netherlands is characterized by a longstanding tradition of collaboration between seven neuromuscular centres of the university hospitals. This collaboration has been formalised since 1993, when… Continue Reading

The EAN congress quiz 2017 is online now until March 29: Just log-in to “MyEAN” on the EAN website and click on Congress Quiz 2017 Answer all questions correctly, and you participate in the raffle for 3 free congress registrations… Continue Reading

Dear EAN Individual Members, Time seems to be passing very quickly and our next Congress, the best opportunity for enjoying your membership benefits, is just around the corner! Before the early registration deadline, 29 March 2017, passes we would like… Continue Reading

On Thursday, 16 March 2017 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the EAN and the AFAN. The signed MoU will be an important instrument of cooperation between the two societies.

By Karin Klijn   Over the past three decades the diagnosis and treatment of stroke has seen tremendous changes, which have led to a complete change of clinical practice, probably best illustrated by the adagio “time is brain”. Dutch researchers… Continue Reading